COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11C2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.30 Release near March 23, 2010 PI: Yurii Pidopryhora Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: pidopryhora@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME on 31 May 2011 involving 13 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Ys {Ur Sh} Sv Zc Bd Hh The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on strong sources J0956+2515 (in May 2008 S-band flux ~1.0 Jy, X-band flux ~0.8 Jy) 4C39.25 (standard EVN ff) J1043+2408 (in June 2010 S-band flux ~0.7 Jy, X-band flux ~0.6 Jy) There is no phase referencing section in this experiment. Three ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:23:20 UT (scan 3, 4 sec, J0956+2515) ~13:00:30 UT (scan 7, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~14:13:00 UT (scan 15, 4 sec, J1043+2408) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Yurii Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 31 May 2011 Day 151 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J0956+2515 12 39 21 54.0 270.9 2.7 71.1 0 1 1 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =0953+254 12 47 23 52.3 271.9 2.8 71.1 480 F 1 31 12 00 01 12 08 40 J0956+2515 12 48 03 52.2 271.9 2.8 71.0 37 1 1 31 12 08 40 12 16 40 =0953+254 12 56 04 50.5 272.9 3.0 70.9 480 F 1 62 12 08 41 12 17 20 J0956+2515 12 56 44 50.3 273.0 3.0 70.9 37 1 1 62 12 17 20 12 25 20 =0953+254 13 04 45 48.6 273.9 3.1 70.8 480 F 1 93 12 17 21 12 26 50 J0956+2515 13 06 16 48.3 274.0 3.1 70.7 86 1 1 93 12 26 50 12 34 50 =0953+254 13 14 17 46.6 274.9 3.3 70.5 480 F 1 124 12 26 51 12 37 10 4C39.25 13 16 37 43.3 296.2 3.8 81.3 115 1 1 124 12 37 10 12 45 10 --- 13 24 39 41.7 296.5 3.9 80.3 480 F 1 155 12 37 11 12 45 50 4C39.25 13 25 19 41.6 296.6 4.0 80.2 37 1 1 155 12 45 50 12 53 50 --- 13 33 20 40.1 296.9 4.1 79.2 480 F 1 186 12 45 51 12 54 30 4C39.25 13 34 00 39.9 297.0 4.1 79.1 37 1 1 186 12 54 30 13 02 30 --- 13 42 02 38.4 297.4 4.2 78.1 480 F 1 217 12 54 31 13 04 00 4C39.25 13 43 32 38.1 297.4 4.3 77.9 86 1 1 217 13 04 00 13 12 00 --- 13 51 33 36.6 297.9 4.4 76.9 480 F 1 248 13 04 01 13 14 10 J0956+2515 13 53 43 38.2 279.1 3.9 69.1 107 1 1 248 13 14 10 13 22 10 =0953+254 14 01 45 36.5 279.9 4.1 68.8 480 F 1 279 13 14 11 13 22 50 J0956+2515 14 02 25 36.4 280.0 4.1 68.7 37 1 1 279 13 22 50 13 30 50 =0953+254 14 10 26 34.7 280.8 4.2 68.4 480 F 1 310 13 22 51 13 31 30 J0956+2515 14 11 06 34.5 280.9 4.2 68.3 37 1 1 310 13 31 30 13 39 30 =0953+254 14 19 08 32.8 281.7 4.4 67.9 480 F 1 341 13 31 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 31 May 2011 Day 151 --- 13 40 10 J0956+2515 14 19 48 32.7 281.7 4.4 67.9 37 1 1 341 13 40 10 13 48 10 =0953+254 14 27 49 31.0 282.6 4.5 67.5 480 F 1 372 13 40 11 13 49 40 J1043+2408 14 29 19 40.1 276.6 3.8 68.7 71 1 1 372 13 49 40 13 57 40 =1040+244 14 37 21 38.4 277.5 3.9 68.4 480 F 1 403 13 49 41 13 58 20 J1043+2408 14 38 01 38.2 277.6 3.9 68.4 37 1 1 403 13 58 20 14 06 20 =1040+244 14 46 02 36.5 278.4 4.0 68.1 480 F 1 434 13 58 21 14 07 00 J1043+2408 14 46 42 36.4 278.5 4.0 68.1 37 1 1 434 14 07 00 14 15 00 =1040+244 14 54 43 34.7 279.3 4.2 67.7 480 F 1 464 14 07 01 14 16 30 J1043+2408 14 56 14 34.4 279.5 4.2 67.7 86 1 1 464 14 16 30 14 24 30 =1040+244 15 04 15 32.7 280.3 4.3 67.3 480 F 1 495 14 16 31 14 25 10 J1043+2408 15 04 55 32.5 280.4 4.4 67.3 37 1 1 495 14 25 10 14 33 10 =1040+244 15 12 56 30.8 281.2 4.5 66.9 480 F 1 526 14 25 11 14 33 50 J1043+2408 15 13 37 30.7 281.3 4.5 66.9 37 1 1 526 14 33 50 14 41 50 =1040+244 15 21 38 29.0 282.1 4.6 66.5 480 F 1 557 14 33 51 14 42 30 J1043+2408 15 22 18 28.9 282.2 4.6 66.4 37 1 1 557 14 42 30 14 50 30 =1040+244 15 30 19 27.2 283.0 4.8 66.0 480 F 1 588 14 42 31 14 51 10 J1043+2408 15 30 59 27.1 283.1 4.8 66.0 37 1 1 588 14 51 10 15 00 00 =1040+244 15 39 51 25.2 284.0 4.9 65.5 530 F 1 623 14 51 11 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.C512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 8 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0927+3902 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 27 46.329413 0.01 0923+392 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85184 38 59 24.83278 0.01 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 226075 Observations 0.533 scan hours, 41.600 baseline hours above horizon. * J0956+2515 09 53 59.738482 * 09 56 49.875376 09 57 29.400315 0.01 0953+254 25 29 33.58574 * 25 15 16.04984 25 11 58.99303 0.01 J0956+25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba OK290 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 24971 Observations 1.067 scan hours, 83.200 baseline hours above horizon. * J1043+2408 10 40 25.199371 * 10 43 09.035772 10 43 47.383165 0.03 1040+244 24 24 19.59852 * 24 08 35.40938 24 04 58.39294 0.03 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 1156 Observations 1.081 scan hours, 84.283 baseline hours above horizon. The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) 4C39.25 64.2 J0956+2515 73.4 J1043+2408 83.7 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg